Catalogue

Signed minutes, and index, of governors' meetings under the provisions of the scheme approved by the Court of Chancery on 27 December 1857, 13 January 1858 - 14 October 1881

Signed minutes, and index, of governors' meetings, 13 January 1881 - 18 October 1895

Signed minutes, and index, of governors' meetings, 10 January 1896 - 6 December 1912 See also D/Sh.H 1092 - 1096 for enclosures

Governors' attendance book, 14 January 1889 - 21 October 1904 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1091

Governors' attendance book, 13 January 1905 - 6 December 1912 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1091

List of names and addresses of governors and officers, June 1908 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1091

List of recipients and salary increases, 11 April 1867 - 1 January 1909 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1091

List of books for audit at Sherburn Hospital, n.d. [between 1896 and 1912] Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1091

Accounts of Rev. William Henry Stokes, Chaplain of Sherburn Hospital, including payments made quarterly and weekly to the resident brethren, listed by name, 5 January 1843 - 16 July 1858 Includes: list of brethren in residence, 1843 - 13 May 1849, and a list of out-brethren, n.d. [ pre 1858]

Accounts of monthly payments to the brethren, the servants and casual labour, January 1884 - December 1922 Attached: letter from The Charity Commission, Ryder Street, St. James, London, to Captain A. Dudley Hill, 5 North Bailey, Durham, the clerk to the hospital, concerning Canadian stock, 13 May 1919

Copy of a scheme for the charity called Sherburn Hospital ordered by the Board of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, 27 January 1953 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1101

History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, Vol. 1, by Robert Surtees, 1816

History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, Vol.2, by Robert Surtees, 1820 See: D/Sh.H 1099 for enclosure

History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham , Vol.3, by Robert Surtees, 1823

History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, Vol.4, by Robert Surtees, 1840

Register of candidates for Sherburn Hospital Brotherships, February 1858 - 20 February 1876 Includes: name, whether in or out, date of application, age, address and occupation of applicant, alleged cause of distress, by whom recommended

Register of candidates for Sherburn Hospital Brotherships, June 1860 - October 1895 Includes: name, whether in or out, date of application, age, address and occupation of applicant, alleged cause of distress, by whom recommended

Register of candidates for Sherburn Hospital Brotherships, 9 January 1896 - June 193[2] Includes: name, whether in or out, date of application, age, address and occupation of applicant, alleged cause of distress, by whom recommended

Register of appointments of out-sisters, 14 April 1899 - January 1922 Includes: name, age, description, marital status, date, address, and occasion of vacancy

Register of out-sisters, February 1899 - 4 January 1924 Includes: name of applicant, date, age, address and occupation of applicant, alleged cause of distress, by whom recommended, outcome of application, date of death

Register of out-sisters, 16 January 1924 - April 1964 Includes: name, age, address, occupation of applicant, date, alleged cause of distress, by whom recommended

Alphabetical index of sisters, n.d. [1899 - 1964] Gives name, age and address of sisters, and is compiled from D/Sh.H 1108-1109

Register of sisters and brothers, renewals and elections, 26 January 1939 - 30 October 1958 Includes: name, address and age of sisters and brothers

Lists of In and Out-Brethren, November 1838 - July 1911 Includes: details of payment received by brethren, rules respecting the brethren, times of divine services in the chapel, and, from 1877, dates of deaths and details of new appointments of brethren

Alphabetical list of brethren, n.d. [c.1896 - 1932]

Chronological list of sisters, 14 April 1899 - January 1922 Includes: name, residence, age of sister and date of death Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1107

List of out-sisters and brethren, October 1912 - October 1918 Includes: names, addresses and date of election Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1107

List of recommended candidates for election of 3 sisters and 1 out-brother, 20 January 1922 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1107

Lists of out-brothers and out-sisters due for re-election, July 1936 - 22 January 1959 Includes: names and outcome of election Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

List of out-brothers and sisters due for re-election, May 1958 Includes: names, addresses and details of when visited by the Master of Sherburn Hospital Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1111

Certificates of petition for 25 sisterships and 2 brotherships, 5 November 1957 - 8 April 1963 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Lists of applicants for sisterships and out-brethren, n.d. Includes: name, address, brief description of circumstances and age Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Rough lists of sisters, n.d. Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from Miss M. Panton, Secretary, Sunderland Guild of Help, to Mr. Boutflower, Sherburn House, concerning Agnes Robinson's application for a pension from Sherburn Hospital, 27 March 1924 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1107

Letter from John Joseph Nicholson, Brooke House, Brooke, Norfolk, to the Clerk to the Governors, Sherburn Hospital, concerning Mr. Nicholson's application to become a brother, 13 June 1938 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1108

Letter from Mrs. A. Donaldson, Durham [to Sherburn House] concerning her father, James Ribchester's application to become a Brother, 12 January 1935 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from G.S. Skene, Haswell [to Sherburn House] concerning Edward Nicholson's application to become a Brother, 5 September 1935 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from Percy Waller, Sunderland, to Mr. Rilson, Sunderland, concerning Margaret Blair's application to become a Sister, 11 March 1936 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from Sarah Willey, Durham [to Sherburn House] concerning her application to become a Sister, 15 April 1936 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from Louisa Purvis, Whitton, to Mr. Bell, concerning sistership benefit, 23 April 1937 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from John H.P. Welby, Vicar of Ushaw Moor, to Master [of Sherburn Hospital] concerning John Henry Lightfoot's application to become a Brother, June 1938 - September 1938 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from G.A. Carpenter, Durham, to the Governors of Sherburn Hospital, concerning John Henry Lightfoot's application to become a Brother, 17 June 1938 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from H.E. Ferens, Durham, to Master of Sherburn Hospital, concerning John Henry Lightfoot's application to become a Brother, 4 July 1938 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from J.H. Campbell, Ushaw Moor Colliery, to Sherburn Hospital, concerning John Henry Lightfoot's application to become a Brother, 11 July 1938 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from Beatrice Mary Ison, Sunderland, [to Sherburn Hospital] concerning her application for a Sistership, September 1938 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from Emily Mann, Sidmouth, Devon, to Rev. Mr. Bell, Sherburn Hospital, concerning her application to become a Sister, 16 November 1938 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Correspondence between Mrs. E. Johnson, Sunderland, and the Clerk to the Governors, Sherburn Hospital, concerning her application to become a Sister, January 1939 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from K.B. Aitchison, Secretary of Sunderland Guild of Help, to the Rev. Canon T. Romans, Sherburn Hospital, concerning Mr. and Mrs. T.D. Lamb's applications for out-pensions from Sherburn Hospital, 13 April 1945 Includes: detailed description of Mr. and Mrs. Lamb's circumstances Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from Rev. Canon Jenkin Jones, Blackhill, to Master of Sherburn Hospital, concerning Mrs. Tuesday's application to become a Sister, 16 December 1947 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from the Bishop of Durham, Auckland Castle, to the Rev. T. Romans, concerning Mrs. Tuesday's application to become a Sister, 19 December 1947 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from Beatrice Hobson, Stanhope, to Rev. T. Romans, concerning her application for accommodation at Sherburn Hospital, May 1950 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from J.W. Wenham, St. Nicholas' Vicarage, Durham, to Mr. Romans, Sherburn Hospital, concerning the applications of George Pratt and Charles Brown to become Brothers, 6 February 1951 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from Alice Bell, Guildford, Surrey, to Rev. Canon Romans, concerning her application to become a Sister, n.d. Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from Mrs. J.A. Turnbull, Durham, to Sherburn Hospital, concerning her application to become a Sister, n.d. Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Letter from J.E. Atkinson, Middlesex, [to Sherburn Hospital], concerning renewal form, n.d. Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1111

Note from H.Y. Caldwell, Durham, excusing Thomas W. Hopper from church service because of ill health, 15 May 1953 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1111

Application from Sherburn Hill Co-operative Housing Society, Ltd., for permission to erect a monument in memory of Brother Gardner Jackson, 6 March 19576 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1111

Master's Order Book, 2 November 1914 - 7 November 1918

Receipt from H. Binns, Sunderland, addressed to Sherburn Hospital, 29 September 1916 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1128

Monthly list of coal used by Sherburn Hospital, [c.1914 - 1918] Includes: note of election of 1 Out-Brother and 1 Sister, 18 January 1918 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1128

Letter from D.S. B[outflower], Sherburn House, to Master, Sunderland, concerning monies due from the writer to Master concerning other financial matters, n.d. Includes: names of 5 women to be considered as Sisters Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1109

Account of money labelled 'out brethren' and 'sisters', 1953 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1111

Notes on the running of Sherburn Hospital during the mastership of Rev. H.A. Mitton, describing the income, the medical officer, the brethren, the workmen, the out-brethren and sisters, accounts, governors' meetings, the church and services, organ and choir, congregation, cemetery, 1906 - 1910

Account of the history of Sherburn Hospital, including the church, coats of arms, church plate, registers, c.1938

Account of the history of Sherburn Hospital, including its foundation c. 1181, the 1857 scheme, its governors and brethren, n.d.

Letter from C.H. Hunter-Blair, Secretary, Northumberland County History, Newcastle, to Rev. T. Romans, concerning historical features of Sherburn Hospital, including the coat of arms on the porch, 15 February 1938 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1134

Postcard from C.H. Hunter-Blair, Newcastle, to Rev. T. Romans, concerning a Latin inscription, 17 February 1938 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1134

Rough notes concerning historical research into Sherburn Hospital, including the coat of arms, n.d. [ c.1938] Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1134

List of 'Antiquities for Verification in County Durham', n.d. [c.1938] Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1134

Minute book of Governors' meetings, 3 March 1902 - 9 May 1939

Letter from Mrs. Gregson to Canon Haworth, thanking the Governors for their kind sympathy, 25 February 1905 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1140

Obituary for the Venerable George Hans Hamilton, October 1905 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1140

Letter from Beatrice Hobson, Washington, to Canon Haworth, thanking the Chairman and Governing Body of St. Mary's Home for their kind sympathy, 6 March 1930 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1140

Letter from M. Sharpe, Durham, to Mr. Aird, concerning the receipt of pension, 3 May 1934 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1140

Letter from F.M. Charlton, Durham, to Canon Haworth, concerning an increase in Miss Hall's salary, 4 July 1935 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1140

Statutory Rules and Orders, Children and Young Person' s England, Remand Homes, 1933 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1140

Letter from C.P. Hill, Home Office, London, to Director of Education, Shire Hall, Durham, concerning proposed use of St. Mary's Home, Durham, for the accommodation of girls on remand, 14 December 1938 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1140

Letter from the Assistant Secretary, Education Department, Shire Hall, Durham, to Rev. G.H. Aird, concerning the approval of the use of St. Mary's Home as a remand home for one year, 24 December 1938 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1140

Account book 'C.E.T.S.' [Church of England Temperance Society], 3 October 1910 - 1 January 1943

Invoice issued by J. Sanderson, Bishop Auckland, to C.E. Tymms, Witton-le-Wear, for 100 temperance circulars, 14 October 1941; invoices issued by Andrews & Co. Booksellers, Durham, to Rev. F.C. Tymms, Billingham, October 1941 - 6 June 1942; invoices issued by the C.E.T.S. Publication Department, to F.C. Tymms and C.E. Tymms, 13 November 1941 - 26 August 1942; invoices issued by Hills & Co., Sunderland, to F.C. Tymms, 17 September 1942 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1149

Church of England Temperance Society: Secretary's statement for the year ending 30 September 1942 Originally enclosed in D/Sh.H 1149

Minute book of monthly meetings of the 'Area A' Ladies' Committee, 26 November 1950 - 11 April 1961